• ISBN13: 9780857025203
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Education & Psychology
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications
• Publication Date: January 1, 2011
• Pages: 1496
• Original Price: GBP 675.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 2904 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Applied Psychology and Mental Health

The discipline of military psychology involves the systematic and scientific study of the selection, training, adaptation, and performance of soldiers. Military psychology, by necessity, is a heterogeneous field of inquiry. On the one hand, it draws on all subdisciplines of psychology to understand the variables that affect soldier performance while on the other hand, lessons learned from military psychology are of vital importance to all areas of psychology. The purpose, therefore, of this collection of readings in military psychology is to capture significant developments from military psychology that are of general interest and importance to all psychologists and to promote understanding in human behavior in challenging contexts.

Michael D. Matthews is Professor of Engineering Psychology at the United States Military Academy. He is a former Air Force officer with tours of duty at the U.S. Air Force Human Resources Laboratory and as a faculty member at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Professor Matthews was selected as a Templeton Foundation Positive Psychology Fellow and much of his research focuses on applying Positive Psychology principles to military contexts. He is on the science advisory board for the Military Child Education Coalition, and served as President of the American Psychological Association′s Division of Military Psychology from 2007 to 2008. Collectively, his research interests focus on soldier performance in combat and other dangerous contexts.

Janice H. Laurence is currently an Associate Professor within Temple University′s Adult and Organizational Development Program in the Psychological Studies in Education Department of the College of Education. Previously, she served as the Director of Human Resource Development for the Army′s new initiative, the Human Terrain System (HTS). Professor Laurence has 30 years of experience designing, conducting and managing policy studies and applied research and analysis related to performance assessment, leadership, organizational development, needs assessment and general workforce and human capital analyses particularly in the military setting. She is the past editor (and current associate editor) of Military Psychology.